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Acute Intermittent Porphyria
Also Known As: Acute Hepatic Porphyria
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Condition overview
Attributes
Commonalityis rare
Incidenceis approximately 1 in 20,000 people
Plain English overview
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What this page is about
Acute Intermittent Porphyria is listed in the Everyone Healthy condition library. This simple overview is generated from the existing EH database links because the original full article for this condition is not yet available.
Common linked signs and symptoms
The EH database links this condition with signs or symptoms such as Blood Pressure High (Hypertension), Constipation, Fever (Raised Body Temperature), Heart or Pulse Rate Raised (Tachycardia), Muscle Weakness, Pain Abdominal, and Seizures.
Tests doctors may consider
Tests or investigations linked in the EH database include Aortogram, Apolipoprotein B Concentration, Chest X-Ray, Computerized Tomography (CT) Scan, and Echocardiography.
Treatment depends on the person
The EH database links this condition with supportive options such as IV 0.9% Saline, Pain Management, Supportive Treatment, Symptomatic Treatment, Liver Transplant, and High Carbohydrate Diet. Treatment choices should always be discussed with a qualified health professional, because the best approach depends on the cause, severity, age, other conditions, medicines, and test results.
This overview does not replace the original article and does not diagnose, treat, or recommend medication. It is a simple guide built from the existing Everyone Healthy database links.
Linked signs and symptoms
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Linked drugs / medications
0No linked drugs are listed yet.
Treatments, therapies and supportive options
9Grouped by treatment type. These are educational database links, not personal treatment recommendations. Evidence labels are shown only where stored in the EH database.
Surgery
1Medical therapy
2Lifestyle changes
1Vitamins
1Linked diagnostic tests and investigations
14These are pulled from both EH diagnostic-test link tables, including the older large test-link table.
- Aortogram
- Apolipoprotein B Concentration
- Chest X-Ray
- Computerized Tomography (CT) Scan
- Echocardiography
- Electrocardiography (ECG)
- Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL) Concentration
- magnetic Resonance Angiogram (MRA)
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Medical History Check
- Porphyrins Concentration
- Thyroxine Binding Globulin Concentration (TBG, Thyroid Binding Globulin, Blood)
- trans-Esophageal Echocardiogram (TEE)
- Urine Porphyrin Concentration
Biological and test markers
8This visual map uses existing EH database links to show biological agents and lab markers reported as increased, decreased, or associated with this condition. These are educational relationships only; test results must be interpreted by a qualified clinician because ranges vary by lab, method, age, sex and clinical context.
Often increased
8- Apolipoprotein B (Apo B)Reference range exampleAdult ( > 16y), Female: 47–115 mg/dL; Adult ( > 16y), Male: 52–120 mg/dLLinked diagnostic tests1Apolipoprotein B Concentration
- Coproporphyrin (Blood)Reference range exampleAll, Female: 0–60 µg/24hrs; All, Male: 0–95 µg/24hrsLinked diagnostic tests1Porphyrins Concentration
- Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL)Reference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 0–125 mg/dL; 6y - 16y: 0–100 mg/dLLinked diagnostic tests1Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL) Concentration
- Porphobilinogen (Blood)Reference range exampleAll: 0–2 mg/24hrsLinked diagnostic tests1Porphyrins Concentration
- Thyroxine Binding Globulin (TBG, Thyroid Binding Globulin, Blood)Reference range exampleInfant (0 - 1y), Female: 1.7–3.6 mg/dL; Infant (0 - 1y), Male: 1.6–3.5 mg/dLLinked diagnostic tests1Thyroxine Binding Globulin Concentration (TBG, Thyroid Binding Globulin
- Total Porphyrins (Blood)Reference range exampleAll, Female: 4–79 µg/24hrs; All, Male: 9–150 µg/24hrsLinked diagnostic tests1Porphyrins Concentration
- UroporphyrinReference range exampleAdult ( > 16y), Female: 100–270 nmol/L; Adult ( > 16y), Male: 100–540 nmol/LLinked diagnostic tests1Urine Porphyrin Concentration
- Uroporphyrin (Blood)Reference range exampleAll, Female: 3–22 µg/24hrs; All, Male: 4–45 µg/24hrsLinked diagnostic tests1Porphyrins Concentration
Often decreased
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Other associated markers
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Introduction / full article
Acute Intermittent Porphyria
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